Long illness ends Lillian Rohlena's life at 66 in Cedar Rapids
Lillian Sr Ludvicek Rohlena aged 66 of 2500 Mallory St SW died Monday at Mercy Hospital after a long illness born Sept 19 1917 in Johnson County she married Emil Rohlena in 1936 in Ely she worked as a cook at Cedar Rapids Airport and for College Community Schools. Surviving are husband three sons eight grandchildren and a sister services 10 am Thursday Brush Chapel burial Anderson Cemetery Swisher call after 1 pm Wednesday memorial fund established
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Lillian Sr
Ludvicek Rohlena
Mallory St
Mercy Hospital
Johnson County
Emil Rohlena
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Marian K
Gresham
Ore
Larry L
Anamosa
Ron R
Sioux City
Marvin Jindrich
Swisher
Brush Chapel
George McDill
Anderson Cemetery
Amanda Courtney Trpkosh
Christine
Craig Trpkosh
St. SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Elinore O. McCandless
Atlanta, Ga
Rachel E. Trokosh
Ada McCandless
St. John
Kan
Margaret Hillman 84 Kingston Hill resident dies
Margaret M. Hillman age 84 of Kingston Hill died Monday at Winslow House Care Center in Marion after a long illness. Services are pending at Turner Chapel West.
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Margaret M. Hillman
Kingston Hill
Winslow House
Marion
Turner Chapel West
East Iowa Obituary William Del McMullen Dies At 98
William Del McMullen 98 retired farmer died Monday at the Rase Haugen Home. Survived by sisters Clara McMullen and Minnie Weldon of Burr Oak. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. at Senior French Funeral Home with calling after 2 p.m. Burial Burr Oak Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William “del” McMullen
Rase Haugen
Clara McCullen
Minnie Weldon
Burr Oak
Burr Oak Cemetery
Delaware Woman Esther Zirtzman Dies After Illness
Esther Zirtzman 78 died Monday morning at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Survivors include two daughters Marian Gorenson Manchester and Della Powers Union Gap Wash two sons Edward Hopkinton and Delbert Cedar Rapids a stepdaughter Geraldine Glant Delaware 1 grandchild 16 great grandchildren two great great grandchildren one sister Mrs Gordon Davidson Crete Ill and a brother Robert Pleamley Batesville Ark Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Greeley United Methodist Church Burial Pineview Cemetery Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at Clifton's Earlville.
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Esther Zirtzman
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Marian Gorenson
Manchester
Della Powers
Union Gap
Wash
Edward
Hopkinton
Delbert
Geraldine Glant
Delaware
Gordon Davidson
Crete
Ill
Robert Pleamley
Batesville
Ark
Greeley United Methodist Church
Pineview Cemetery
Clifton’s
Earlville
Milton Dale Anderson
Waterloo
Independence
Memorial Medical Center
Springfield
Homestead General
Amana Colonies
Mary
Lois Henderson
Steven
U.S. Navy
Virginia
Diana Aldrich
Melody Grusha
Gary
Albert Tielebern
Papillion
Neb
Judy Haynes
Sharon Siers
Burbank
Calif
Bud Dreier
First United Methodist Church
Mount Hope Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Deaths and memorials in Independence and surrounding areas
Obituaries fragment list includes Milton Dale Anderson of Waterloo former Independence shop owner with family in Iowa and Virginia. Earl Ganiere aged 83, retired farmer. Joanne Suckow of LaCrosse. infant Matthew Adam Klemm. Allan Lee Thompson of Waterloo. Ray Harrison of Vinton. Katherine K Wehrle 68 retired teacher. Services planned across Independence, Wellman, Sumner, Vinton, and surrounding rural cemeteries with memorial funds noted.
Birth notices and dissolutions from Mercy Cedar Falls Oelwein and Swisher
Births announced for Gina and John Scott in Kirkwood Boulevard with a son born Nov 7. Stephanie Oldfather and David Oldfather with a son Nov 6. Lois Yoerger and Rick Yoerger with a daughter in Swisher. VanDee family son in Cedar Falls. Corrigan family son in Oelwein. Marriages dissolved for Leticia Gerlach and Kevin Gerlach. Bernice Gardner and DeLos Gardner. Also notes medical emergencies and local incidents with times.
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Stephanie
David Oldfather
First Ave
Lois
Rick Yoerger
Swisher
Commission for Blind eyes rest-area vending plan in Iowa
Iowa the Commission for the Blind considers placing food vending machines at 39 Interstate rest areas to boost job opportunities for about 6 000 blind residents. The plan requires IDOT approval after studying traffic data and precedents in states such as Connecticut Kentucky and California.
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Dave Rasdal
Iowa
Iowa Commission For the Blind
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Travis Robinson
Robinson
Idot Commission
Ames
The
Gazette
Connecticut
Kentucky
Georgia
California
Massachusetts
Commission
Commission For the Blind
Sioux City
Federal
Linn County
Post Office
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City seeks new trial in culvert accident case
The city asks for a new trial or damages-only retrial after a Johnson County jury awarded Connie Schmitz and her son Steven 93 200 for injuries from the June 1981 rain swollen culvert incident. The city alleges improper evidence and prejudicial videotape aired on Thats Incredible influenced the verdict.
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Iowa City
Gazette
Johnson County Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Connie Schmitz
Steven
Connie
Schmitzes
Moon Phases Said to Influence Crime and Weather Patterns
The article surveys theories linking full moon phases to higher crime rates, involving arson and medical incidents, while noting skeptical views from academics. It cites a New York Science Digest study, University of Illinois Chicago research, and climatologists discussing rainfall and farming implications, with mixed evidence.
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New York
Science Digest
Fagner
Ralph Morris
University of Illinois-Chicago
Dean Wright
Drake University
Iowa
Wright
Paul Waite
Waite
United States
Bomb blast hits U.S. Capitol near Senate chamber
A blast inside the Capitol late Monday night damaged a reception room near the Mansfield Room but caused no injuries. The Armed Resistance Unit claimed responsibility citing U.S. actions in Grenada and Lebanon. Police noted tightened security after a prior Israeli man incident.
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Washington
Senate
U.S. Capitol
Armed Resistance Unit
U.S
Grenada
Lebanon
Rober Byrd
D-W.va
Mansfield Room
Senate Chamber
Austin Murphy
D-Pa
Murphy
Capitol
The
Washington Post
Woman dies from crash injuries in Wisconsin hospital
Joanne Suckow aged 49 died Monday in a LaCrosse hospital from injuries from a car truck crash 744 miles southwest of Waukon. She was a passenger in a car driven by her daughter Penny when the collision with a truck driven by Alan J. Busta of Waterloo occurred after the truck emerged from a side road.
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Ray
Joanne) Suckow
Lutheran Hospital
LaCrosse
Wis
Postville
Joanne Suckow
Waukon
Suckow
Penny
Alan J. Busta
Waterloo
Jepsen seeks tax relief for Beirut bombing victims
Senator Roger Jepsen of Iowa introduces a bill backed by the administration to forgive income tax liabilities of U S service members killed by hostile action outside the United States. The measure would extend estate tax relief to non combat zone deaths and follows a Treasury request for support.
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David Lynch
Washington
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
U.S
Beirut
Jepsen
United States
IDOT Urges Unattended-Child Car Safety Rules
The Iowa Department of Transportation urges parents to turn off engines set the hand brake and remove keys when leaving children in cars for a few minutes. Ten recent incidents saw kids under two years old pretend to drive causing injuries and over $6000 in damages.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
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METRO
Norman Berg
la Mesa
Hannah Scheer
Jeanne Abrons
Lexington
Mass
Ethel Berg
Selma Thea
St. Louis
Geraldine Brooks
Poway
Peoria
Mabel O. Parker Walton
Davenport
Springville
Fulton County
Clinton Walton
Ottumwa
Royal Neighbors
Josephine Ruth Bowers
Henderson Ave
Malcom
Linn County Abstract Co
Equitable Life Insurance
Order of
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Turner Chapel East
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
40Th St
Benesh
Lillian
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Leroy Bauman
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Cameron
Don V
United Methodist Church
Troy Mills
Edward Schaller
Murdoch Funeral Home
Center Point
Kreutzer
Lucille M
Cedar Memorial Chapel of
33Rd St
Plower
Donald G
Paul Wilcox
Mount Clark Cemetery
Central City
Sponar
Chris A
Glen High
Berean Baptist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Center Point Road
Decorah
Jesup
Earl Ganiere
Peoples Memorial Hospital
Edith
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Parker’s
Schutte’s
Olaf
Matthew Adam Klemm
Keith Klemm
University Hospitals
Kristi
Aaron
Nathan
Edna Klemm
Manawa
James Dunlay
Manson
Norway Lutheran Cemetery
St. Olaf
Witt’s
Elkader
Sumner
Allan Lee Thompson
John Deere
Jane
David
Lee
Brenda
Theresa
Tilmer
West Union
Henry
Ronald
Maynard
St. John American Lutheran Church
Wilson Grove
Ray Harrison
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
Nina Belle
Rural Vinton
Shellsburg
Dean
Garrison
Roger
Marshalltown
Williamsburg
Lucille Wyckoff
Geraldine Boyles
Phillips
Bear Creek
Wellman
Katherine K. Wehrle
Robert
John
Larkspur
Josephine Sin
Fresno
Asbury United Methodist Church
Wellman Cemetery
Powell’s
Gina
John Scott
Kirkwood Blvd
St. Luke’s
Cedar Falls
Vickie
David VanDee
Junior Brown
Dartmouth St
Donald VanDee
Oelwein
Jerre
Mike Corrigan
Chuck
Ellie Corrigan
Ave
Lloyd M. Brannon
Aurora, Nl
Susan L. Junge
Leticia L
Kevin J. Gerlach
Bernice D.V
DeLos H. Gardner
38Th St
First Avenue
West Post Road
Edgewood Road
Commission For Blind
Highway 6
Rocky Shore Drive
ABC
House
Jack Russ
Icemen
Treasury
Donald Regan
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
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